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American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

Phone call, 2-22-88 to AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, director's office (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; f. 1904; name changed 1954 to American Medical Center; in 1970's renamed AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital; in late 1970's/early 1980 reorg. as AMC Cancer Research Center; independent, nonprofit, research organ.; small hospital attached but function is primarily research) AMC Cancer Research Center Web site, Aug. 18, 2003 (In 1904, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver; JCRS evolved into AMC Cancer Research Center) NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Seattle Ladies Auxiliary. Records, 1924-1978 (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; operated sanatorium nr. Denver, Colo., provided free care for tuberculosis patients; name changed in 1954 to American Medical Center; Denver; began accepting cancer patients)

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Bookbinding and Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00031
Abstract

Interior of the bookbinding and print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A large group of men and women work on various tasks throughout the room. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients founded in 1904 by a group of physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1920-1940

Bookbinding and Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00032
Abstract Interior of the bookbinding and print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A large group of men and women are working on various tasks throughout the room. This room was part of the industrial rehabilitation department at the JCRS. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West...
Dates: between 1920-1940

Bookbinding Department of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00034
Abstract Interior of the print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A group of men and women are working on various tasks throughout the room. This room was part of the industrial rehabilitation department at the JCRS. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just...
Dates: between 1930-1940

Box 1, 1957-1985

 File — Box B360.01.0001: Series B360.01 [Barcode: U186023246358]
Identifier: B360.01.0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection contains board of trustee's minutes, committee minutes, reports, AMC By-laws, name plates, posters, publications, programs, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the AMC Cancer Research Center from 1957 through 2012. The American Medical Center is the successor to JCRS. Additionally, some older material relating to JCRS is also in the collection dating back to 1904.

Dates: 1957-1985

Box 2, 1985-1992

 File — Box B360.01.0002: Series B360.01 [Barcode: U186023246366]
Identifier: B360.01.0002
Abstract

AMC Cancer Research Center was the successor to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Box contains AMC Cancer Research Center Board of Trustees minutes, committee minutes, reports and associated materials.

Dates: 1985-1992

Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00017
Abstract

The grounds of Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) on it's 75th Anniversary. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, between 1950-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00003
Abstract A female patient receiving treatment for cancer at the American Medical Center (AMC) Cancer Research Center and Hospital in Denver Colorado. AMC was located on the grounds of the former Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, between 1950-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00005
Abstract A female patient receiving treatment for cancer at the American Medical Center (AMC) Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Three nurses are surrounding the patient. AMC was located on the grounds of the former Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, circa 1950-1970

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

Cancer Treatments - AMC, after 1955

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00007
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: after 1955

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 207
Collection 2
 
Subject
Jews 197
Photographs 197
Colorado 194
Denver (Colo.) 188
Hospitals 183
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Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 177
Sanatoriums 176
Tuberculosis 173
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 163
Spivak (Colo.) 155
Patients 65
Sanatoriums -- Colorado 49
Edgewater (Colo.) 48
Buildings 32
Entertainment events 31
Nurses 27
Women 25
Charities 23
Men 22
Physicians 22
Parties 16
Recreation 16
Costume 15
Cancer treatment and research 14
Dedications (Ceremonies) 14
Cancer 12
Dinners and dining 12
Anniversaries 10
Drama 10
Synagogues 10
Tents 10
Rehabilitation 9
Plaques (Flat objects) 8
Dairy farms 7
Kitchens 7
Halloween 6
Printing plants 6
Treatment and prognosis 6
X-rays 6
Beds 5
Cows 5
Entertainers 5
Barns 4
Corporate minutes 4
Jewish physicians 4
Medicine 4
Reading 4
Teachers 4
Boys 3
Food 3
Jewish women 3
Musicians 3
New York (N.Y.) 3
Occupational therapy 3
Torah scrolls 3
Boards of directors 2
Bookbinders 2
Butchers 2
Dentists 2
Indigenous peoples of North America 2
Jewish Refugees 2
Kosher food 2
Meat industry and trade 2
Medical care 2
Medical instruments and apparatus 2
Medical personnel and patient 2
Nursing 2
Paste-up (Printing) 2
Physical therapy 2
Picnics 2
Printers 2
Rabbis 2
Radiotherapy 2
Snapshots 2
Stores, Retail 2
Thermotherapy 2
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Women patients 2
Albums (books) 1
Animals 1
Architectural drawings (Visual works) 1
Authors 1
Awards 1
Band musicians 1
Blackface entertainers 1
Books and reading 1
Buildings -- Design and construction 1
Business correspondence 1
Cancer -- Research -- Colorado 1
Comedians 1
Construction drawings 1
Cooks 1
Cookware 1
Cooperative societies 1
Corn 1
Correspondence 1
Dance 1
Dining rooms 1
Education 1
Ephemera (General) 1
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